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WRINGING ATTACHMENT FOR MOPS.

No. 376,711. Patented Jan 17,1888.

N. PETERS Phnlo-Lflhugnphcr, Washingmn. DI C.

1' UNITED STATES CHARLES L. FORTIN, OF WHITEHALL, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS I PATENT OFFIC TO FREDERICK GAYLORD AND WALTER D. TRAVIS, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

wameme ATTACHMENT FoR MOPS.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 37 datea January 1898' Application filed May 4, 1887; Serial No. 237,118. (No model.)

for Mops; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the same, reference being had to the a'ccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of.

reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

a "My invention relates to wringing attachments for mops; and it consists in the peculiar combination of devices and novel construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter .fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a wringing attachment for mops with springarms which spring together to separate the rollers when released by the clamping device, so that after the rollers have been forced over the cloth to wring the latter they can be instantaneously separated to permit the entire attachment tobe moved on thehandle-of the I mop over the cloth thereof.

A further object of my invention is to pro- 0 'vide an improved wringing attachment which shall be light, simple, and strong in construction, easily operated, and cheap. T

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my improved wringer 5 attached to a mop-handle. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, showing the position of the parts when the rollers are separated. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, with the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1. 0 Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawlngs. V A indicates the handle of a mop of ordinary construction, which is preferably made square in cross-section for a portion of its length, as at a, and to the squared end is secured a suitable mop-head, B, in which is secured the cloth or other like material, C.

A sliding sleeve or collar, 1), is fittedon the art to which it appertains' to make and use the squared portion of the handle A, and is capa- 5o I ble of afree longitudinalmovement thereon. In cross-section the collar is made to conform to the shape of said handle-11 e, sqnare -and it is limited in its sliding movements by a spring-catch, a, of any preferred form, which 5 5 is secured to the handle. 7

At diametrically-oppositesidesof the sleeve or collar'D are secured spring-arms F F, which are formed by bending a single piece of wire 'upon itself, and this wire is secured. at its -6c doubled end to said sleeve in any suitable manner, as shown in Figs. land 2, thereby leaving the opposite ends of the arms free." These spring-arms are made of heavy wire,

and they are normally forced toward each' 6 other by the inherent elasticity of the wire, so that the rollers carried by the arms are nor,- mally separated. The arms, at the points where they are secured to the sleeve, are bent outwardly from the handle, and then parallel 7o with the latter, and the free ends of' the arms are then bent to cross one another, as at f, as 7 shown, and have eyes or loops f formed at their free extremities, which serve as bearings for the journals of two rollers, G G. 1 7 An operating or clamping bail, H, is arranged transversely across the attachment fromone pair of spring-arms, F F, to the other pair. This clamping-bail is bent to form the parallel portions h, which are arranged outside 8o of one of the clamping-arms, F, of each pair, and the free ends of these parallel portions are bent to form the right-angled crank-arms h, which extendinwardly toward each other and between the springarms F F of each pair, 85 said crank-arms being pivoted in the manner which I will presently describe, so as to enable the bail to swing or turn. The function of these crank-arms of the pivoted swinging bail is to draw the spring-arms together when the 90 I bail is depressed and to release the springarmsand thereby separate the rollers when the bailis elevated or drawn away from the armsFF. It will be observed'that the right angled g crank-arms of the bail are pivoted to the arms F of arms F F, and that the bail itself is arranged across the arms F' to press or bear against the latter. Thus when the springarms and the rollers therein are separated the bail is elevated, as shown in Fig. 2; but when it is desired to close the rollers the free end of the bail is moved inwardly toward the arms F, turning on the pivots and forcing the crankarms h against the arms F, and thus move the latter arms away from the arms F and adjust the roller in the arms F toward the roller in arms F, as is obvious.

The crank-arms h of the bail are bent to form the short trunnions 13, which are journaled in suitable perforated ears, 6, which are affixed to the arms F in any suitable manner, as shown in Fig. 1; or the arms F may be looped at an intermediate point of their length to form eyes i, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, in which the trunnions of the bail are journaled.

The handle of the mop may be made round throughout its entire length; but I prefer to make the lower end, over which the sleeve slides, angular in cross-section to prevent the sleeve from rotating or turning on the handle, which thus maintains the attachment in proper position.

The position of the bail may also be reversed, so that its pivoted end lies nearest the sleeve, the crank-arms of the bail being suitably proportioned to the distance between the springarms F- F.

The operation of my device will. be readily understood. The sleeve is normally elevated on the handle and held in this position by the catch or detent a, so that the rollers of the attachment are elevated above or on the plane of the mop-head, the bail being depressed to force the rollers together. \Vhen it is desired to wring the cloth, the catch or detent is depressed and the sleeve forced over the handle to cause the rollers to ride over the cloth, and thus extract or press surplus Water therefrom. After the rollers have been forced over the cloth the bail is elevated to release the spring arms, which are instantly separated and carry the rollers with them. Thecatch or detent is again depressed and the sleeve adjusted up-' wardly on the handle to its normal position thereon, the spring-catch automaticallyloeking the sleeve against descent on the handle. The spring-arms and the rollers therein are carried with the sleeve, and after the parts proportion of parts, as I am aware that changes can be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention,what I claimis- 1. In a wringing attachment for mops, the combination of a sliding sleeve, two pairs of spring-arms carried by the sleeve, a pair of rollersjournaled in the free ends of the arms, and a bail pivoted to one pair of spring-arms, and having cranks arranged between the two pairs of arms, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a wringing attachment for mops, the combination of a sliding sleeve, the springarms affixed at one end to the sleeve,and having the free ends thereof bent inwardly toward and crossing one another, a pair of rollers journaled in the crossed ends of the springarms, and a swinging bail having the crankarms, said crank-arms being arranged between the spring-arms at points above the crossed ends thereof, and pivoted to one pair of the spring-arms, substantially as described.

3. The combination of an angular mophandle, a non-rotatable sleeve fitted on the handle and limited to sliding movementthereon, a catch or detent to retain the sleeve in an elevated position on the handle, spring-arms fixed to and carried with the sleeve in its movements on the handle, rollers journaled in the arms, and a bail having crank-arms pivoted to one pair of spring-arms, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. FORTIN. XVitnesses:

E. WV. SKEELs, FRANK. BELLEVILLE. 

